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College Uses Simulations to Teach Healthcare Students

WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa — Hospitals are constantly in need of nurses and other health care professionals, and those professionals must be prepared to care for patients with everything from pre-eclampsia to traumatic injuries. That’s why Southeastern Community College designed, built and equipped its Great River Health Systems Health Professions Building — named in recognition of […]

Healthcare Simulations

Meeting Nursing Demands Through Diversity

For the past decade, the nursing profession has made diversity a priority. While the numbers in the profession — less than 25 percent minority nurses — do not yet mirror the general population of the United States — 38 percent non-White people — solid efforts and strategies are at work to facilitate change. In the […]

Nursing Diversity

Trump Blames McCain for ACA Loss

President Donald Trump called out Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for not supporting Republican legislation to repeal the ACA this past summer during a Friday address to the Conservative Political Action Committee, where he also lauded the GOP’s new healthcare strategy, according to The Hill. Mr. McCain cast the decisive vote against a “skinny” repeal of the ACA in […]

Geneticist Unravels Race and Health Risks

You’ve probably seen the statistics: African-Americans experience significantly higher risks for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, stroke, and certain cancers compared to white and Hispanic Americans. But while the health disparities between different racial and ethnic groups are undeniably real, experts say, the way we traditionally think about race and disease risk is flawed. Read […]

Genetic Health Risks

Congress Opens Door to Paid Family Leave

The goal to pass a national paid family leave law has turned a corner in the halls of Congress, with conservatives showing more openness to taking action after President Trump declared support for the benefit. Advocates who have long pushed for paid family leave say that the level of interest by lawmakers has been unprecedented, […]

Paid Family Leave

Study: SNAP Doesn’t Even Cover a Cheap Meal

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Most Americans receiving food assistance benefits can’t afford the cost of an average low-income meal, a new national study reported on the heels of the federal government’s proposal to limit the program. The study from the Urban Institute reported that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fell short of affording an average […]

SNAP Food Assistance

Restricting Choice

It’s time—literally—for an out-of-the-box approach to the Trump administration’s plan to help feed our most vulnerable neighbors. In last week’s presidential budget, the administration proposed replacing most Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits with a pre-selected box of mostly dry goods like peanut butter, pasta and cereal. They wanted to stop benefit recipients from choosing […]

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Doctor: Focus on Prevention to Address Disparities

Medicine has progressed by leaps and bounds over the past 75 years. Life spans have been extended, advanced cancer treatments and screenings have had a positive effect on cure rates, and drugs and antibiotics have virtually eradicated many diseases that were once deadly. Read More

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Indian Health Services Nominee Withdraws

Trump administration’s nominee Robert Weaver withdrew his name Wednesday from consideration to lead the Indian Health Service, which comes after a report that he misrepresented his work experience. “Mr. Weaver is no longer the Administration’s nominee for Director of the Indian Health Service,” a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The […]

Pushing for Diversity in Nursing

Studying public health as a college student, Dr. Lisa Whitfield-Harris was hesitant to expand her career to higher education, a field that required her to do more public speaking than she was used to. “I knew I wanted to be in nursing,” she says. “I didn’t figure it out until later on in my career […]

N.C. Poor Children Suffer Health Disparities

In annual report card on the health of children in North Carolina released last week drew a stark connection to economic insecurity and poor health, giving the state low grades on health issues affecting its poorest residents. The 2018 Child Health Report Card was released Monday by the N.C. Institute of Medicine and NC Child, […]

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Helix Bridges Disconnect Between Health Care and Diversity

If it wasn’t for a personal experience with his healthcare provider, Nolan Pokpongkiat might’ve been studying software engineering and his organization, The Helix Group, wouldn’t have been born. Now a sophomore at the University of California, Berkeley, he founded Helix to address the lack of diversity within the healthcare field and encourage underrepresented students to […]

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